Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 334-344

  Charles, M V Pravin ^a   Kali, Arunava ^a   Easow, Joshy M ^a   Joseph, Noyal Maria ^a   Ravishankar, M ^a   Srinivasan, Srirangaraj ^a   Kumar, Shailesh ^a   Umadevi, Sivaraman ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical pulmonary infection score; Mechanical ventilation; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906853016     PISSN: 18361935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2014.2105     Document Type: Review

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